Hello,
I am a newbie with regards to a forum so please be forgiving.

I have made several attempts to build a new rig. It has been over a year and I would like to start over again. My parts are not state of the art but I would like to get a smooth running PC put together. I have succeeded in putting the rig together but for the quality (possibly lack of) the PC never seems (my opinion) to be quick or very responsive.

Before I go into detail with parts and what I think I should or should do, is this the right forum to ASK?

Till another time
Cautious1
Sure - and welcome to the forum Thanks, I am happy to hopefully get some help. You are going to ask a question at some point, yes?Yes of course. I am sorry but I wasn't expecting this fast of a response. I am leaving work in 5 minutes and will post my question once I am home.
Sorry to keep anybody waiting! Hi,
I have TRIED numerous times to get the optimum Win7 64bit set up with my components. I always seem to have some type of issue. I have posts about installing windows in IDE the switch to ACHI etc. My MOTHER board does not specify a drive as IDE,ACHI or RAID. I only see that option under RAID. So to start what is the correct way to install a fresh Win7 OS? Is anyone familiar with OCZ wiper.exe. On their site they claim I should wipe my SSD to ensure it is at its peak performance. I downloaded the exe but it appear to run so fast I am unsure if it did anything. Is there a way to verify or should I even bother. (SSD;s are dirty). When I originally bought the crucial SSD’s I thought about for speed enhancement but then found out TRIM doesn’t work. I also read about GC but I don’t fully understand it.

So If I may ask a few questions please..
1)What would be the best configuration setting a rig with the components I have available
2)Is anyone familiar with the BIOS Settings on MSI 790FX-GD70 motherboard, if so what setting should I be using when I start my OS install?
3)I have 3 SSD and 2 HDD suggestions of best use of these (I was going to put 1 SSD in laptop but I don’t have to) All of these drives are currently being used in one of many PC’s throughout the house but my intent is to pull all the parts and try and make the best PC and I will WORRY about the others at another time.
4)Conflicting information makes me frustrated. I have read that I should immediately install MB drivers after install. Then I see articles about not using AMD drives but I should use Microsoft drivers. Anyone have thoughts about this!
Thank you for your input. My intention is to STAY online today while I am doing homework so that I can respond to your thoughts and then hopefully later tonight start to build the rig.


I think you should start on the basic system requirements for running a Win 7 64 bit OS and or mobo. Then worry about additional hard drives, upgrades later. http://www.buildeasypc.com/sw/windows_7/install_windows_7.htm